BUREAU
\bjˈʊ͡əɹə͡ʊ], \bjˈʊəɹəʊ], \b_j_ˈʊə_ɹ_əʊ]\
Definitions of BUREAU
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
By Princeton University
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an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers.
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The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted.
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Hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the direction of a chief.
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A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture.
By Oddity Software
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Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers.
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The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted.
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Hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the direction of a chief.
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A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture.
By Noah Webster.
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A chest of drawers for clothing; a governmental department for the transaction of public business; as, the Secret Service Bureau.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A writing-desk.
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A chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
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A public department; a staff of literary workers, or the place where the work is done.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
